3500 ACT Vocabulary

Stories of USA Today
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incipient; coming into existence; emerging


Spelling Word: nascent
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lacking definite form or limits; hazy; cloudy


Spelling Word: nebulous
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belief in magical spells to produce unnatural effects; practice of supposedly communicating with spirits of dead ones to predict future


Spelling Word: necromancy
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disregard; ignore; pay little or no attention to


Spelling Word: neglect
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disreputable; known widely and usually unfavorably; infamous


Spelling Word: notorious
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central or essential part around which other parts are gathered or grouped; core


Spelling Word: nucleus
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slavishly attentive; attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery


Spelling Word: obsequious
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push oneself or one's ideas forward or intrude; stick out or extrude


Spelling Word: obtrude
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having distinctive odor; emitting an odor; sweet of scent; fragrant


Spelling Word: odorous
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all-powerful; having unlimited or universal power, authority, or force


Spelling Word: omnipotent